Supreme Court Delivers Mixed Blow to Trump: Expanded Power, Protected Fed, Upholds Mail-In Voting, Carroll Verdict Stands

The Supreme Court handed Trump a mixed bag: a 6-3 ruling broadens the president’s power to dismiss independent agency members; a 5-4 decision blocks firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook to protect the Fed’s independence; a 5-4 ruling upholds Mississippi’s mail-in voting timeline; and the Court declined to overturn the verdict against Trump in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case, with several other high-stakes cases still pending this term.